Here you will find a collection of resources which you may find useful. New features are added regularly, so please check back.

sybtop

This is a UNIX command-line Shell script that provides a "top"-like display of blocked, blocking, and running processes on a Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) server. Read more.

Top Performance Mishaps

We've come across some corkers in our time. So we thought it only fair to share some of these with you for your entertainment. Names have been witheld to protect the guilty ... Read more.

The Curse Of The Name-Value Pair (July 2008)

When it comes to storing objects in a relational database, one of the worst performance decisions that can be made is to use name-value pairs for the attributes. In this article we give you a couple of techniques for avoiding them, as well as some ways of improving performance if you insist on using them. Read more.

The Dreaded "Scalable" Word

Find out why we hate it when people use the word "scalable", what it actually means, and why, ultimately, it may not actually be what they want. Read more.